Duncan1234
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Hey thanks for having a look,
I want to buy a speaker and amp setup for the living room but I'm a bit confused about getting off the ground about differing connections etc especially concerning to a PC.
I have just put together an order for a £400 PC with an Asus H170-E B3 motherboard. It only has three audio outputs on the back (pink,green,blue) but says it supports 8 channel audio. It has headers on the motherboard for an S/PDIF output, which googling tells me gives me RCA or optical output if I buy the right cable/ bracket.
Now I'm wondering if £400 is a decent budget to start from for an amp and speaker setup aswell that can incorporate this new PC, an Xbox one and very occasional Virgin watching.
I've never really been somewhere with surround sound to experience 5.1 but I'm more a music lover anyway so maybe 2.1 is the way to go. The TVs also in the corner and maybe not best shaped room for surround sound. But I'm really not sure.
I'm just baffled by deciding what amp to look at to start with. What features do I need, I'm guessing everything's just HDMI but the PC thing confuses me.
Any advice on where to go with that sort of budget and where to start looking thank you. I take it I need an A/V receiver rather than an amp?
I want to buy a speaker and amp setup for the living room but I'm a bit confused about getting off the ground about differing connections etc especially concerning to a PC.
I have just put together an order for a £400 PC with an Asus H170-E B3 motherboard. It only has three audio outputs on the back (pink,green,blue) but says it supports 8 channel audio. It has headers on the motherboard for an S/PDIF output, which googling tells me gives me RCA or optical output if I buy the right cable/ bracket.
Now I'm wondering if £400 is a decent budget to start from for an amp and speaker setup aswell that can incorporate this new PC, an Xbox one and very occasional Virgin watching.
I've never really been somewhere with surround sound to experience 5.1 but I'm more a music lover anyway so maybe 2.1 is the way to go. The TVs also in the corner and maybe not best shaped room for surround sound. But I'm really not sure.
I'm just baffled by deciding what amp to look at to start with. What features do I need, I'm guessing everything's just HDMI but the PC thing confuses me.
Any advice on where to go with that sort of budget and where to start looking thank you. I take it I need an A/V receiver rather than an amp?